[lifts you up... i owe you my life.meme

He takes in her gaze, and his smile goes a little crooked.]

He already is -- as much as he can be.

[which is something itsuki treasures, even if it's something that makes him just as jealous.]

I won't push you to accept him -- just like how I won't push him not to. That's something you should discuss with him.

[it's the same courtesy Roxana gave Itsuki, after all.]